Often Unloved, ATF Critical To Solving Major Crimes Like Boston Bombing -- Washington Post
It’s the agency that Congress and the National Rifle Association love to hate.
But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which hasn’t had a director in seven years, has been at the heart of two searing events over the past two weeks — the investigations of the Boston Marathon bombing and the explosion that leveled a fertilizer plant and part of a town in central Texas.
In the hours after the coordinated blasts near the finish line of the April 15 marathon, ATF agents were on their hands and knees on Boylston Street. They were scouring the debris for remnants of the bombs, the first excruciating steps in reconstructing the devices.
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My Comment: Agents who work for the ATF do have a difficult job. That pesky 2nd Amendment on the constitution .... supported by the mass majority of Americans .... will always put the ATF in conflict with gun owners and supporters. But they do play a critical role in investigations like the Boston Marathon bombing .... and because of that importance they will never be disbanded or eliminated.
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